Wicklow Ranks Join 5th On National Integrity Index of Local Authorities

Irish County and City Councils published more financial and ethics-related information in 2019 than was the case last year.

The Index by Transparency International Ireland is used to judge councils on transparency, accountability and ethics given they spent 5 billion euro of public money last year.

It finds Fingal and South Dublin County Councils are the most transparent, while Kerry and Westmeath are the worst performing.

Wexford, Galway County and Kilkenny showed the biggest improvements.

But the body claims too few are open with their efforts to tackle the risk of corruption, with just 10 of the 31 local authorities publishing donations statements or ethics declarations of their councillors.

The Index finds councils published more information than was the case last year, but none put online the diaries of their chief executives.

National Integrity Index – Local Authorities 2019 Results